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The Moon on Monday, May 14, 2018: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on May 14, 2018Waning Crescent

Monday 14 May 2018371,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 14, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
371,559 km230,876 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 8, 201802:09
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 15, 201811:48

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Monday, May 14, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.